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San Diego Museum Month promotes San Diego as a vibrant cultural destination. This year will be the largest ever – with more than 60 participating museums and other popular destinations throughout San Diego County offering half-priced admissions! Pick up your pass today at more than 80 San Diego public libraries and start exploring the fun during San Diego Museum Month with 50% off admission to more than 60 San Diego County museums, historic sites, gardens, zoo/aquariums and more from starting February 1. Visit https://sandiegomuseumcouncil.org/specials/museum-month/ or call 619-850-8698 San Diego Museum Council on Facebook / Instagram San Diego City Libraries San Diego County Libraries

San Diego officials will use the money for two housing projects, totaling 75 new affordable units for people experiencing homelessness.

Currently on display - ongoing "Nathan Harrison – Born Enslaved, Died a San Diego Legend," an interactive exhibit about San Diego’s first Black homesteader where archaeology is digging up surprising new information that is rewriting history. On view now at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Suggested donation $10.00 Hours: Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 11a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit www.sandiegohistory.org or call (619) 232-6203 San Diego History Center on Facebook / Instagram

Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! In partnership with electronic music pioneers The Halluci Nation, artist Martha Redbone, and performance artist Ty Defoe, The Kennedy Center explores the impact and evolution of indigenous performing arts cultures.

This February, let love grow at the San Diego Botanic Garden. Stroll along 4 miles of meandering pathways while taking in the vibrant sights and smells of over 5,000 plant species from across the globe. Located in Encinitas, the Garden is open six days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Tuesdays. For more information, visit https://sdbg.org/ or call 760-436-3036

The Mission San Luis Rey 225th Anniversary Art Show features a live artist painting, chalk art, live mural painting, student art competition, children’s art area, entertainment and food! Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free admission Visit: https://www.sanluisrey.org/about/225th-anniversary or call 760-757-3651 Mission San Luis Rey on Facebook / Instagram

March 10-12, 2023 Presented by The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation Every spring, the Japanese Friendship Garden celebrates the blooming of the Cherry Blossom Trees at the Cherry Blossom Festival. This year’s festival will take place on March 10, 11 and 12 where there will be food, merchant vendors, and a children’s area with activities and crafts! The lower garden will host daily performances and a beer and sake garden. The Cherry Blossom Festival is a community favorite and we hope to see you there. Tickets are available Admission: $12-$25 Visit: www.niwa.org/cbw Call: 619-232-2721 Japanese Friendship Garden on Facebook / Instagram

"ABOVE AND BEYOND" special exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Throughout 2023, the "ABOVE AND BEYOND" special exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum celebrates the power of innovation to make dreams take flight. This forward-looking and interactive exhibit features immersive simulations, interactive design challenges, iconic historical touchstones, visionary concepts and inspiring stories from game-changing innovators, past and present. "ABOVE AND BEYOND" encourages visitors of all ages and backgrounds to imagine what it takes to make the ‘impossible’ possible. The exhibition is included with general admission to the Museum. The Museum's normal hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit: https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/exhibit/above-and-beyond Email or call (619) 234-8291 San Diego Air & Space Museum on Facebook / Instagram

Today, there are hundreds of local children in foster care waiting for a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer to speak up for them. Tomorrow, more youth will enter the foster care system. You can help create a brighter future for them, today! Help us move 100 vulnerable youth off our waitlist now through May. Share your voice. Advocate for their stability, their education, their joy, their future. Sign up to learn more about CASA volunteers and the impact they make in our community: https://www.speakupnow.org/volunteer/volunteer-information-session/#gf_28 Help us make a bigger impact by recommending a friend (or two!) to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer at speakupnow.org/recommend Visit: https://www.speakupnow.org/volunteer-2/information-sessions/

Join Outside the Lens and The Treehouse Academy for this free photography workshop for youth in 5th to 8th grade! Learn photography fundamentals and digital media making. The photography workshop takes place from 4-6 p.m., and work will be exhibited from 6-7 p.m. RSVP NOW Outside The Lens on Facebook / Instagram The Treehouse Academy on Facebook / Instagram